Pokemon Learning League Variables

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Pokemon Learning League

Variables (50

th

Story)

Written By

Timothy Whitfeld


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(Episode opens with Ash, Pikachu, Brock, May,

Dawn, Piplup, Cilan, Max, Iris, Axew, Misty, Tracey,

Bonnie, Dedenne, Clemont and erena arri!in" in

#umiose City in early a$ternoon on a clear sunnyday with a little %ree&e in the air' The tall

skyscrapers en!elop the "an" as they "o alon"

the #umiose )ym stands out in the %ack"round'

*locks o$ *letchinder Pid"eotto +y o!erhead'

Dawn turns o!er to the audience and casually

speaks to them'

Dan (casually! "h# hey guys$

Pi%lu% (casually! Pi%lu%$

&ay (casually! 'ello$

ris (casually! 'i$

*e (casually! *e$

sh (casually! 'ey$

Pika+hu (casually! Pika$

Bro+k (casually! 'ello

Serena (casually! 'i$

,ilan (casually! 'ey# there$

Tra+ey (casually! 'ey$

&isty (casually! 'i$

Bonnie (casually! 'ey# there$


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Dedenne (casually! Dede$

,lemont (casually! 'ey$

&a* (casually! 'ello$sh! So# guys# hat do you say e look around

here-

(They all nod their a"reein" continue on down

outh Boule!ard' As they do, and see the !arious

stores that are around, $rom the P- .ideo tudio to

Coi/ure Clips'

ll (except Ash, Pikachu, erena, Bonnie, Dedenne

and Clemont, in ama&ement and wonder' Wo.

*e! *e.

Pi%lu%! Pi%lu%.

(A $ew minutes later, they "o down .ernal A!enue,

where they pass %y the 0er%oriste and the toneEmporium'

,ilan! got to say# there are some /ery interesting

sho%s around here$

&ay (+on+urring)! eah$

Bro+k! By the ay# ,lemont# hat kinds o1 herbs do

they sell at that 'erboriste-

,lemont! Well# they mostly sell medi+al herbs$

They2re hel%1ul# but are also /ery bitter$

Bro+k! see$


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(As they continue alon", they come across a

%ulletin %oard, showin" !arious news "oin" on

across the city'

Tra+ey! 'ey# guys# look at this one here$

(They look at an ad $or an open call exhi%ition

match $eaturin" the 1alos Champion, Diantha'

Serena! Diantha2s holding an e*hibition mat+h

today# and she2s looking 1or an o%%onent to 1a+e$

Bonnie! "h# e should defnitely go +he+k it out$

&a* (curiously! 3m# ho2s Diantha-

Bonnie! "h# she2s the 4alos region +ham%ion and a

1amous mo/ie star$

&a*! hh$

Bonnie! So# ho do you think her o%%onent is going

to be-

sh! t2ll be me# be+ause 2m going to sign u% to be

her o%%onent 1or the mat+h$

Pika+hu! Pika+hu$

"thers (in shock surprise! What-.

Pi%lu% (in shock surprise2 Pi%lu%-.*e (in shock surprise2 *e-.

Dedenne (in shock surprise! Dede-.


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,lemont! sh# are you sure about that- ou kno

hat ha%%ened the frst time you battled her$

sh! kno# ,lemont# but this time 2/e got a

strategy %lanned out that2ll be /ery e6e+ti/e$

Bro+k! Well# that2s good# but there2s more to it than

that$

sh! Like hat-

Bro+k! ou also ha/e to think about hat kind o1

+ounterstrategy she might think o1# ho it2ll be

e*e+uted on and et+$

sh! "kay# anything else-

Bro+k! Well# that2s all 2/e got$

,ilan! Let2s see i1 Siara +an e*%lain it better$ (0e

pulls out the PokePilot $rom his pocket, turns it on

and calls iara, who is workin" on some%lueprints'

Siara! "h# hey guys$ What2s u%-

Tra+ey! 'ey# Siara$ We2re doing great$ What kind

o1 blue%rints are you making there-

Siara! They2re 1or a s%e+ial animatroni+ da and

are orking on$

Dan (intri"ued! Well# that2s +ool$

Siara! Thanks$ So# hat are you guys u% to-


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Serena! Well# e ere +oming don South

Boule/ard hen e sa an ad about an e*hibition

mat+h 1eaturing the +ham%ion# Diantha$

Siara! ll right# that2s +ool$

&isty! sh is going to 1a+e her in battle and he

already knos hat to e*%e+t# but then Bro+k

brought u% there are other things that +ould a6e+t

the battle# but he didn2t gi/e too mu+h# so e ant

to kno i1 you +ould e*%lain it better$

Siara! "1 +ourse do$ 1 you ant to kno hothings turn out# you ha/e to look at the /ariables$

Bonnie! ll right# hat kind o1 /ariables-

Siara! 2m re1erring to de%endent and inde%endent

/ariables$

Bonnie! "h$ Well# ho do they %lay out-

Siara! t2s %retty sim%le 7 straight1orard$ The

inde%endent /ariable is the one that gets +hanged

in an e*%eriment$ When you %ut in or take out one

/ariable# it +hanges the hole out+ome o1 it$

&ay! see$

Siara! The de%endent /ariable is the /ariable thatgets tested in an e*%eriment$ t2s basi+ally the

out+ome o1 an e*%eriment$ t relies on the

inde%endent /ariables be+ause as those +hange#

the de%endent /ariable also +hanges$


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Serena! guess they +an be %retty im%ortant

sometimes$

Siara! es# they +an# hi+h is hy 2m going to

sho you something$

ris! Sure thing$

*e! *e$

(Pan down to a lower panel, displayin" $our

di/erent situations with di/erent !aria%les

outcomes'

Siara! ll right# you guys ready-

,lemont! e%$

Siara! "kay# let2s do it$ 'ere# e ha/e Pokemon

being entered 1or a ra+e$ What is the out+ome-

sh! t2s ho2s going to in it$

Siara! "kay# sh$ nd hat are the inde%endent

/ariables-

Tra+ey! 'o 1ast they +an go# ho they eigh# ho

mu+h energy they ha/e and their strength$

Siara! Very good# Tra+ey$ 8o# e ha/e someone

ho ants to get stronger$ What is the out+ome

here-

Dan! She2s gets mu+h stronger mus+les than

be1ore$


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Siara! That2s good# Dan$ nd hat are the

inde%endent /ariables-

Bonnie! 9*er+ising# getting %lenty o1 rest and

eating the right 1ood$

Siara! ou got it# Bonnie$ 'ere# e ha/e some

Pokemon ho are taking some medi+al herbs$

What is the out+ome-

Bro+k! 'o the Pokemon are going to rea+t to it$

Siara! es# Bro+k$ nd hat are the inde%endent

/ariables-

ris! The kind o1 herbs they2re taking and ho

they2re made$

Siara! ll right# ris$ This girl is kee%ing tra+k o1 the

Pokemon she has$ What is the out+ome-

,lemont! 'o many Pokemon she2s +aught so 1ar$Siara! :ood# ,lemont$ nd hat are the

inde%endent /ariables-

&isty! Where she ent to get them# ho she

battled them# the amount o1 Poke Balls she has and

the ty%es o1 Pokemon she has on her$

Siara! ou got it# &isty$ :reat ;ob# you guys$

Serena! Thank you# Siara$


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Siara! 8o %roblem# Serena$ 8o# i1 you2ll e*+use

me# ha/e to get ba+k to ork on this$ See you

later$ "h# and good lu+k ith your battle# sh$

sh! Thanks$

Pika+hu! Pika+hu$

(0e turns the PokePilot o/ and puts it %ack in his

pocket'

&isty! 'ey# guys$ 'o about e do something

be1ore e head to the stadium-

Dan! "kay# &isty$ Let2s see i1 the audien+e is u%

1or it$

Bro+k! ll right# Dan$ (0e turns o!er to the

!iewers' 'ey# you guys ant to do it- (0e

casually waits $or an answer $rom the audience $or

one second' ll right# then$

(Cut to ima"es o$ !arious thin"s'

Serena! "kay$ 'ere# e ha/e a young girl try to

make 1riends$ What is the out+ome- (he casually

waits $or an answer $rom the audience $or one and

a hal$ seconds'The amount she makes$ nd hat

are the inde%endent /ariables- (he casually waits

$or an answer $rom the audience $or one and a hal$seconds' 'o she talks to them# intera+ts ith

them and getting to kno them$ Sure# hy not$


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&a*! This man ants to run mu+h 1aster$ What is

the out+ome here- (0e casually waits $or an

answer $rom the audience $or one and a hal$

seconds' 'e2s going mu+h 1aster than be1ore$"kay$ nd hat are the inde%endent /ariables-

(0e casually waits $or an answer $rom the audience

$or one and a hal$ seconds' 'o lean he is# the

strength o1 his leg mus+les and his determination$

ll right# then$

&ay! Lastly# e ha/e sh2s battle$ What is the

out+ome here- (he casually waits $or an answer

$rom the audience $or one and a hal$ seconds'The

inner o1 it$ ll right$ nd hat are the

inde%endent /ariables- (he casually waits $or an

answer $rom the audience $or one and a hal$

seconds'The atta+ks that get used# ho 1ast they

+an dodge and ho mu+h enduran+e they got$ "h#yeah$

(Dissol!e %ack to the "an" and Dawn casually

speaks to the audience'

Dan (casually! ou guys did great$

Pi%lu%! Pi%lu%$

sh! Well# let2s get to the stadium$

Pika+hu! Pika+hu$

(They start "oin" down the street, make a turn

%ack down .ernal A!enue, then "o up towards .ert


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A!enue and arri!e at the stadium' 3nce inside,

Ash "oes o!er to the re"istration desk, where an

employee named Annie sits %ehind it' he has

short red hair, has %rown eyes, wears pointed"lasses and is wearin" an o4cial stadium

sweatshirt, %lack 5eans +ats'

sh! 2m here to be Diantha2s o%%onent 1or the

e*hibition mat+h$

nnie! Why am not sur%rised- Please go ahead 7

sign here$(0e si"ns the re"ister papers' As he does, we pan

o!er to see Diantha exitin" out o$ her room'

nnie! "kay# you all ready to go$ ou ha/e a good

battle no$

sh! Thanks$

(As he "oes %ack o!er to the "an", Diantha comes

to them'

sh! "h# hey Diantha.

Pika+hu! Pika+hu.

Diantha! 'ello# sh$ see you2/e +ome to be in the

mat+h$sh! ou bet$

Pika+hu! Pika$

Diantha! That2s good to hear$


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sh! Diantha# these are my other 1riends$

"thers (except erena, Clemont and Bonnie!

'ello$

Diantha! t2s a %leasure to meet you all$

(Brock rushes o!er to her takes her hand'

Bro+k (lo!e6struck! Whoa# you are the most

beauti1ul oman 2/e e/er seen. ou2/e got a

natural radiant beauty.

Diantha (awkwardly! 3h# thanks 1or the+om%liment$

(Misty pulls him %y the ear'

&isty! ,ome on#sna% out o1 it Bro+k.

(he dra"s him away'

Diantha! Well# then# 2ll see you on the battle feld$

(he walks out to the %attle 7eld'

Tra+ey! Well# let2s go# guys$

(They all, except Iris, head up to the %leachers'

8ust as Ash Pikachu are a%out to "o out to the

%attle 7eld, Iris comes o!er to them, places her

hand on Ash9s shoulder looks him directly in theeyes'

ris (sincerely meanin"$ully! sh# good lu+k out

there$


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(Ash a4rmati!ely nods his head'

sh (appreciati!e! Thanks# ris$

(he lea!es and heads up to the %leachers' :edissol!e to an aerial shot o$ the arena, where we

see the %leachers are $ull with a hu"e crowd

cheerin" loudly with excitement anticipation'

&ay! 9/eryone2s really fred u% about this$

Bro+k! don2t blame them$ Who ouldn2t ant to

see the +ham%ion battle-

(;ow, we pan down the center o$ the %attle 7eld,

where Ash and Diantha stand in the center o$ it'

Diantha! sh# don2t hold anything ba+k and gi/e

me all you2/e got$

sh (reassurin"! ou got it# Diantha$

(They "i!e an a4rmatory handshake and then "ointo their spots'

sh! ou ready to go# Pika+hu-

Pika+hu (con7dently! Pika+hu$

(0e "ets into his %attlin" stance'

Diantha! ll right# :arde/oir# +ome on out.(he tosses her PokeBall up )arde!oir emer"es

$rom it'

:arde/oir! :arde/oir$


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(0e releases a power$ul %olt o$ yellow electricity at

)arde!oir, hittin" her and doin" dama"e'

sh! 3se =ui+k tta+k# and then gility.

(0e starts runnin" $ast and a white outline

surrounds his %ody' Then, he starts "oin" e!en

$aster and the white outline turns %lue and he hits

)arde!oir, doin" some dama"e'

sh! 8o use Thunderbolt.


)arde!oir'

Diantha! 3se Shado Ball.

:arde/oir! Voir.

()arde!oir $orms a %all o$ %lack and purple ener"y

with %lack static around it' he 7res it at the %last

and cancels it out'sh! Pika+hu# gility.

(0e suddenly disappears and reappears ri"ht in

$ront o$ )arde!oir'

sh! 8o use Thunder.

(0e 7res a massi!e %eam o$ electricity at

)arde!oir, landin" a direct hit and doin" serious'

ris! sh2s doing really ell$

Dan! eah$ (Callin" out,ome on Pika+hu. 4ee%

it u%.


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Pi%lu% (callin" out! Pi%lu%# Pi%lu%.

sh! Pika+hu# use Volt Ta+kle.

(Then, he starts runnin" towards her and his %ody%ecomes surrounded %y "olden electricity'

Diantha! 3se Prote+t.

(he puts one hand out in $ront o$ her and a

tur


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(0e 5umps up and o!er the or%' uddenly,

)arde!oir redirects it and it hits him, dealin" some

dama"e'

Bro+k! That as im%ressi/e$

sh! 8o use =ui+k tta+k.

(0e runs really $ast towards )arde!oir'

Diantha! 'mm$

(he opens one eye and mo!es out o$ the way,

missin" the attack completely'sh! Pika+hu# use 9le+tro Ball# then gility.

Pika+hu! Pika. ,huuu.

(All the electricity condenses at the end o$ his tail

and $orms into an oran"e6yellow or% o$ electricity

with sparks o$ yellow electricity comin" o/ it' Then,

he starts runnin" really $ast, disappears andreappears on the side o$ )arde!oir'

Pika+hu! Pika.

(0e throws it, hittin" her and doin" some dama"e'

Diantha! :arde/oir# use Psy+hi+.

:arde/oir! Voir.()arde!oir eyes "low li"ht %lue and it raises its

arms' Then, Pikachu %ecomes surrounded in a

li"ht %lue aura and he is li$ted a $ew $eet o/ the


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"round' he wa!es her arms and +in"s Pikachu

throu"h the air and he hits the wall'

sh! "kay# use Volt Ta+kle.

(Pikachu starts runnin" really $ast towards

)arde!oir and his %ody %ecomes surrounded in

"olden electricity' Diantha nods her head and she

mo!es to the side, narrowly dod"in" the attack'

sh! ll right$ Pika+hu# use Thunder# and then

9le+tro Ball.

Pika+hu! Pika+huu..

(0e 7res a massi!e %eam o$ electricity'

Pika+hu! ,hu...

(Then, all the electricity condenses at the end o$

his tail and $orms into an oran"e6yellow or% o$

electricity with sparks o$ yellow electricity comin"o/ it' The %last hits the %all and it "rows %i""er

and turn %ri"ht white'

Diantha! nd +he+kmate$

(he snaps her 7n"ers'

Diantha! :arde/oir# use &oonblast.

(he "ather ener"y $rom the moon' It $orms an or%

o$ pink ener"y in $ront o$ her hands'

:arde/oir! :arrde/oir..

(he 7res it at Pikachu'


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sh! ll right# no.

Pika+hu! Pika.

(0e leaps up, does a $ront +ip and throws themassi!e %all, which disperses the Moon%last and it

head towards )arde!oir, which lands a direct hit,

creates a hu"e explosion o$ electricity and does a

lot o$ dama"e'

&isty! That as a really good mo/e$

Bonnie! eah# it as$

Dedenne! Dedenne$

Diantha! Well# this is a tougher battle than

thought it2d be$ didn2t think 2d ha/e to do this#

but it2s time$

:arde/oir! Voir$

(he nods her head' uddenly the key stonearound Diantha9s neck starts rattlin"' he "ra%s it

and it lets o/ a "lowin" "olden %eam' Then,

)arde!oir9s me"a stone reacts to it and she "ets

surrounded in a "lowin" %lue %eam' Both %eams

collide with each other'

ris! What is she doing-,lemont! She2s making :arde/oir &ega 9/ol/e$

Diantha! 8o# :arde/oir# &ega 9/ol/e.

:arde/oir! :arrrrde /oirrrr..


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(he "ets surrounded in a %ri"ht pink aura and

starts chan"in" $orm' The aura clears and she

emer"es as Me"a )arde!oir'

ll (impressed! Whoa.

Pi%lu% (impressed! Pi%lu%.

*e (impressed! *e.

&isty! That looks beauti1ul$

Dan! eah$

&a*! Do you think this +ould make be a %roblem 1orPika+hu-

&isty! 8o# don2t think so$ 'e2s been in mu+h

tougher situations than this$

sh! This2ll be interesting$ Pika+hu# Thunderbolt.

Pika+hu! Pika+huuu..


Me"a )arde!oir' Diantha opens her eye and Me"a

)arde!oir !anishes %e$ore the %last hits' he then

reappears ri"ht %ehind him'

Diantha! &ega :arde/oir# use Psy+hi+.

(0er eyes "low li"ht %lue and it raises its arms'Then, Pikachu %ecomes surrounded in a li"ht %lue

aura and he is li$ted a $ew $eet o/ the "round'

sh! Don2t orry# Pika+hu. 3se 9le+tro Ball.


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(0e "athers up electricity and all o$ it condenses at

the end o$ his tail and $orms into an oran"e6yellow

or% o$ electricity with sparks o$ yellow electricity

comin" o/ it and it keeps "rowin"' As he "ets+un" thou"h the air, he does a $ront +ip and

throws it at Me"a )arde!oir, directly hittin" her

and doin" serious dama"e'

Bro+k! 'o did he %ull that o6-

,lemont! don2t kno# but that as a +le/er mo/e$

ris 7 Serena (callin" out, encoura"in"! ,ome on#sh# kee% it u%.

*e (callin" out, encoura"in"! *e.

Diantha! 3se >o+us Blast.

(Me"a )arde!oir puts her hands to"ether and

$orms a li"ht %lue o$ ener"y in %etween them' he

7res it at Pikachu'

sh! Pika+hu# +ounter ith Thunder.

Pika+hu! Pika+hu.

(0e 7res a massi!e %eam o$ electricity' Both

attacks collide, resultin" in a hu"e explosion and

sends %oth Pokemon +yin"' Me"a )arde!oir stopshersel$, %ut Pikachu $alls to the "round'

sh! ll right# time to fnish this. Pika+hu# use

Thunder# then go into Volt Ta+kle and then gility.

Pika+hu! Pika+huu.


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(0e 7res a massi!e %eam o$ electricity towards

Me"a )arde!oir' Then, he starts runnin" towards

her and his %ody %ecomes surrounded %y "olden

electricity and then starts to run e!en $aster' Bothattack com%ine to"ether and the "olden electricity

turns to white'

"thers (in astonishment! Whoa.

(Diantha "asps in astonishment and Pikachu

tackles Me"a )arde!oir, creatin" a massi!e

explosion o$ electricity and deli!erin" atremendous amount o$ dama"e' 0e leaps up out

o$ the smoke, %ut his %ody "et surrounded %y

yellow sparks o$ electricity and %reathin" really

hea!ily'

sh! :reat ;ob# buddy$

Pika+hu (exhausted'! Pika$(The smoke clears and Me"a )arde!oir stills

stands, %ut is all scu/ed up and %reathin" really

hea!ily'

sh! 8o ay.

&isty! What the- That as a dire+t hit$ 'o2s

&ega :arde/oir still standing-Bro+k! That atta+k did it all right$ She2s ;ust

re1using to gi/e u%$


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(There9s a %rie$ moment o$ silence as %oth

Pokemon stru""le to remain standin"' uddenly,

Me"a )arde!oir $alls on %oth le"s and then

collapses onto the "round, completely exhausted,knocked out and re!erts %ack to )arde!oir'


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(Pikachu "i!es him a lick on his cheek' Diantha

comes o!er to them'

Diantha! sh# thanks 1or su+h a great battle$ ou

really ga/e your all$

sh! Thanks# Diantha$

(Dissol!e to the "an" outside the stadium'

ris ("enuinely! sh that as ama?ing.

*e! *e.

,ilan! That as @uite an im%ressi/e battle$

Dan! Those ere some great +ombo mo/es you

did$

Pi%lu%! Pi%lu%$

,lemont! eah# 2m im%ressed you %ulled some o1

them o6$

Serena (sweetly! 'ere# sh$

(he hands him a handkerchie$'

sh! Thanks# Serena$

(0e "ently wipes Pikachu9s $ace with'

Pika+hu! ,hu$

sh! Well# it as tough# but e %ulled through#

didn2t e buddy-

Pika+hu (a4rmati!e! Pika$


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(They all turn o!er to the audience'

ll (casually! Thanks# guys$

Pika+hu! Pika$*e! *e$

Pi%lu%! Pi%lu%$

Dedenne! Dede$

(Cross dissol!e to moments later, where they

restin" up at the Pokemon Center in the waitin"

area'

sh! Well that as an intense e%isode$ Did you

en;oy it- (0e casually waits $or an answer $rom the

$or one second' "kay$ We2ll see you later# then$

(They casually wa!e "ood%ye to the !iewers and

they all start chattin" with each other' The

scenery $ades to %lack, endin" the episode'

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